Kansas sees surge in tuberculosis cases, expert says ‘largest documented outbreak’ in US historyKansas is experiencing its largest tuberculosis outbreak, with 67 active cases reported across Wyandotte and Johnson counties, sparking con...
28 Jan, 2025, 01.13 AM IST
Rx, world can't afford a relapseThe Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for global cooperation to address future pandemics. A study by AirAffinity reveals that dise...
15 Sep, 2024, 11.47 PM IST
TB outbreak in California's Long Beach: 1 dead, 170 likely to be exposedTuberculosis (TB) is a bacterial infection primarily caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
10 May, 2024, 02.09 AM IST
Limited resources used effectively in India to develop technology: US ambassador to India Eric GarcettiThe US no longer just leads from the front but also follows, Garcetti said here Wednesday, while visiting AI research institute Wadhwani AI...
18 Oct, 2023, 10.28 PM IST
Risk of measles outbreak high after 22 mn infants missed first vaccine shot amid the pandemicReported measles cases fell by more than 80% last year compared with 2019.
11 Nov, 2021, 06.44 PM IST
Up to Rs 1,000 fine for spitting in public places in NoidaThe officer noted in the order that some germs found in spit can survive up to 24 hours and the saliva of any ill person can therefore infe...
05 May, 2020, 02.38 PM IST
Export of anti-tuberculosis medicines a worryThe health ministry has flagged the need for suspension of the export of anti-tuberculosis medicines, saying the coronavirus outbreak has i...
22 Apr, 2020, 08.24 AM IST
Coronavirus could erode global fight against other diseasesAs the world focuses on the pandemic, experts fear losing ground in the long fight against other infectious diseases like AIDS, tuberculosi...
16 Apr, 2020, 11.25 AM IST
Coronavirus spread puts densely populated India on high alertWHO has warned that new cases are appearing faster outside China than those within the country.
28 Feb, 2020, 09.58 PM IST
Dr Henk Bekedam named new WHO representative to IndiaBekedam, who did his M.Sc in Economics from London School of Economics in 1996, was seconded to governments in Zambia and Malawi before joi...
02 Dec, 2015, 04.54 PM IST
China's Tianjin CanSino Biotechnology to mass produce Ebola vaccineInvestment into the base totals 2 billion yuan (about USD 317 million) and construction will be complete in September, 2018.
14 Oct, 2015, 11.28 AM IST
After polio, Amitabh Bachchan to lead India's fight against hepatitis B campaignThe health ministry has finalized talks with Bachchan and is set to launch the campaign in April, a senior official in the ministry said.
13 Mar, 2015, 12.30 PM IST
WEF 2015: After Ebola, flu and drug resistance top pandemic threatsThere is little doubt that Ebola would not have taken hold on the scale it did in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea if the health systems in...
23 Jan, 2015, 07.14 PM IST
Wikipedia could predict disease outbreaks including dengue fever and influenzaWikipedia page views can predict disease outbreaks, including dengue fever and influenza, around globe nearly a month before official healt...
19 Nov, 2014, 07.06 PM IST
India should take Ebola threat seriouslyIndia has already started monitoring passengers from the affected regions. This is necessary but not sufficient.
18 Oct, 2014, 04.03 AM IST
- Modernity and Change
In 1973, Grandma had turned 71, or 72 by the Chinese counting in that you are already one at birth. All of a sudden, she became obsessed wi...
31 May, 2013, 08.00 AM IST
- US House approves $50 bn AIDS package
The US House of Representatives have approved a nearly $50 billion aid package to halt the spread of HIV/AIDS in the developing world.
25 Jul, 2008, 09.55 AM IST